Australian Aviation

It comes months after it was revealed a wedge-tailed eagle was behind a separate crash that killed a pilot in Sydney in July. The investigation is only at the preliminary stage, with a final report set to be published later.

The managing director of aviation and critical services also discusses the lessons learned from a career as a British Army pilot.

The increase will include 57 additional return services per week on the ‘golden triangle’ of Sydney– Melbourne–Brisbane, and adding seats to transcontinental services to-and-from Perth using the airline’s Airbus A330 fleet.

The airline is likely to face huge criticism if it goes ahead with the decision to allow the credits to expire, given airfares are now at record levels and capacity is still down on pre-pandemic levels.

Boeing has awarded a subcontract to Lufthansa Technik to support the sustainment of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) future fleet of four P-8A aircraft.

The investigation was conducted against the backdrop of concerns over increased noise following the construction of Brisbane’s new parallel runway, which was completed in July 2020.